Lois walked to the penthouse still reeling from her encounter with Lex, opening the door she called to Clark, "What the hell was Baldy's problem?" She glanced around the room looking for Clark, finding him collapsed by the couch sobbing.

"H-he l-l-left…" Clark choked out through his painful sobbing.

Lois crouched down beside the broken man, placing a hand on his shoulder trying to provide as much comfort as she possibly could in this situation. She tried to just be a quiet consolation but the reporter in her got the best of her and questions burst forth. "Why did he leave?"

Fresh tears fell at the thought of Lex's departure, "He- he s-said th-that I was ch-ch-cheating on him." Clark couldn't believe it, why would he cheat on Lex; it just didn't make any sense. Lex was the most important thing in his life more important than his job more important than Superman. Lex was everything. Why would he do something to risk losing his everything?

"What? You cheat on Lex? That is completely ridiculous, for one thing you are crazy about him and for another when would you find the time, you are always working, with me no less doesn't Lex think that I would tell him if you weren't actually with me."

"He thinks that I am cheating on him with you." Clark felt like he was in a dream, a really long horrible dream. He wished that he would wake up now.

"Well that's even more ridiculous, you are sooo not my type and not just that has he noticed lately that you are gay?" Lex could be so childish sometimes, why would he think that his gay boyfriend would all of a sudden turn straight just to bang his partner?

"He never actually believed that I was truly gay, he always thought that I was just waiting for something better to come along. You know biding my time." No matter how many times that Clark told him that he loved him and that it was the forever kind of love Lex never really believed him. "When we were back in Smallville he always thought that I would run back to Lana at anytime, I thought that when we moved here and I never ran back to her that he realized how much I love him but I guess that I was wrong."

"Really run back to Lana? After being with Lex Luthor, is he crazy? Lana is about as sexual as a pencil and he thought that after what had to have been mind-blowing sex with him you would run back to her? He really is insecure huh?"

That made Clark chuckle a bit, "You have no idea how insecure Lex actually is. It's sweet and endearing and obviously what lead to our ruin."

"Ok but why does he think that we were messing around?" That's something that Lois couldn't figure out, her and Clark together? No way it just didn't sound right, Lois and Clark, Clark and Lois, Mrs. Lois Kent. No frigging way, maybe in some other reality or if this was a TV sitcom, she laughed at that, The Adventures of Lois and Clark, oh yeah don't forget Superman.

"Lois?"

"Uh…yeah." She said distractedly, still thinking about the TV possibilities.

"I was talking to you."

"Sorry, sorry tell me again why?"

"He said that we have been spending a lot of time together recently, always sitting close and whispering and when he would walk into the room we'd stop and most of the time leave."

"Oh shit…"

"Yeah that's pretty much what I said when he yelled at me about it."

"Well did you tell him what it was all about?" Lois couldn't believe it, they were planning his thirtieth birthday party and because of it Lex left.

"I really couldn't get a word in during our "argument". He just kept yelling and accusing me and then he started to cry. Then he left (Clark sniffs) and told me that he would always love me, and that he would be coming back on Saturday to pick up the rest of his stuff and he didn't want me to be there." Clark was starting to get really worked up again, "Oh God Lois he never wants to see me again, I don't think that I can live in this world without him." Fresh tears started to flow as Clark tried to think of his life without Lex.

Lois sat on the floor beside Clark and wrapped her arms around the crying boy, she felt her eyes tearing up and cursed herself silently, 'It's not the time Lois, don't get feminine now, you have to be strong for Clark.' The cursing didn't work and they both sat on the floor crying and sobbing for what seemed like hours. Finally Lois sat up and wiped her eyes, "Ok Clark you can't just sit back and let the love of your life walk out, you have to do something."

Clark looked at her, "What Lois? What can I do? He hates me, he doesn't want me around how am I supposed to fix that?"

"Talk to him on Saturday when he comes by to pick up him stuff."

"He won't come by on Saturday, he will come over some time when I'm working or send someone over to get his things for him. But he won't come over on Saturday, he knows me well enough to know that I will be here waiting for him." That was something about Lex, he always seemed to know Clark inside and out but he didn't know him well enough to know that he would never cheat.

"Well then stay home from work until he comes over."

"He will have the building watched and wait until I leave, if he doesn't want to see me he has the resources to never have to."

"Well then I am running out of ideas for you, why don't you track him down?"

"I won't get within fifteen feet of wherever he is, he will make sure of that." Clark was starting to really loose hope at ever being happy again, that's when he remembered that he was Superman. He could use his abilities to sneak back in, Lex would never know because he wouldn't have anyone looking for Superman. A smile crossed Clark's face there was a way to see Lex, now all he needed was a plan to get Lex back. That was the hard part, he had a feeling that Lex wouldn't listen to anything that Clark had to say, and he especially won't when he finds out that he was tricked into coming over when Clark was still there.

Lois saw a smile form on Clark's face, "You have a plan don't you?" She was proud, as dense and bumbling as Clark seemed he really was smart. Must be all the years he spent with Lex, the undeclared genius.

"I sort of have a plan but I still need to figure out how I'm going to get him to listen to me, let alone get him back." Clark's spirits withered again, there was no way that he would ever get Lex back, once you hurt him Lex cuts you out of his life, and no one has ever gotten back in.

"Just talk to him Clark, he loves you and if you guys talk it out things will be ok again. If you need me to come over to help prove that we are in no way an item then I will but I think that me being there when he gets there would be a very big mistake." Lois cringed at the thought of Lex walking in to his penthouse and seeing Lois sitting there after everything that happened. That would be a catastrophe to say the least. "Whatever you do, try not to loose your temper with him and for God sakes don't let him leave until you have worked things out."

"Thanks Lois you are being a really great friend right now, if it weren't for you I would still be crying my heart out on the floor." Clark smiled at her and gave her a hug.

"Yeah but if it wasn't for me Lex wouldn't have left you in the first place." She felt guilty, she didn't want to come between anyone's relationship and she certainly didn't want to come between one as loving as Lex and Clark's. "Anyway hun if you are going to be ok, I'm going to hit the road. Don't worry about being at work for a few days I'll cover for you, tell Perry you are sick or something. It wouldn't be lying after all you are kind of sick. Call me if you need anything."

Lois got up to leave with another glance back she walked out the door and headed for home, hoping above all else that Clark could fix this for all of their sakes.